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Seventeen dead and hundreds unaccounted for as flash flood hits Nepal-Tibet border

BBC News World · 26 August 2026 at 11:56

Seventeen dead and hundreds unaccounted for as flash flood hits Nepal-Tibet border

The flood in Rasuwa - an area north of Kathmandu bordering Tibet - is feared to have swept away villages.

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Seventeen dead and hundreds unaccounted for as flash flood hits Nepal-Tibet border

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